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BREAKING NEWS: Former UL football coach Nelson Stokley passes awayDaily Advertiser website June 5, 2010 Former UL football coach Stokley led the Cajuns for 13 seasons from 1986-98 and ranks second on the school’s all-time coaching victories list. The Kennedy, Texas native boasted seven winning seasons, including three straight winning seasons from 1993-96 when the Cajuns were members of the Big West Conference
After a 2-9 season in 1992, the Cajuns made one of the best turnarounds in major college football history en route to an 8-3 mark in 1993 and a share of the Big West
Stokley also guided the Cajuns to a Big West Championship in 1994 and put together a 14-4 record in his three seasons of conference play.
He served as athletic director from April 6, 1988 until December 31, 1992.
Stokley coached Cajuns greats Brian Mitchell
Stokley, who attended Crowley High School, had coaching pit stops at Louisiana State, Virginia Tech
Athletic Network Footnotes: Please click here for Nelson Stokley’s AN profile: http://athleticnetwork.net/site.php?pageID=55&profID=2536 Click here for a photo of Coach Stokley leading the Cajuns against Alabama at Cajun Field: http://athleticnetwork.net/picpopup.php?piclibID=8330 Click here for photos of Coach Stokley and some of his players in the 1995 season: http://athleticnetwork.net/site491.php# Click here to view Coach Stokley in his first year at Athletic Director: http://athleticnetwork.net/site1551.php# Click here to view Coach Stokley, one of the two head football coaches in the nation in 1992 to double as athletic director and head football coach: http://athleticnetwork.net/site1286.php ![]()
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